Pope left the hospital on Saturday

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Pope Francis spent a third night in Rome’s “Agostino Gemelli” polyclinic. The Catholic Church leader, who has been treated for bronchitis, left the hospital late Saturday morning, hospital sources said. Security measures were in place for the pontiff’s return to the Vatican. Dozens of TV crews waited outside the hospital Saturday to film the pope leaving.Pope Francis plans to preside at Mass in St. Peter’s Square today, Palm Sunday. During his hospitalization, he made a surprise visit Friday to the pediatric oncology department of Gemelli Hospital, where he is being…

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Across Austria, severe thunderstorms are expected again.

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Thunderstorm danger on the weekend in Austria! A powerful thunderstorm is heading for parts of the country – temperatures are dropping significantly. A Low-pressure system, “Markus,” with a core over northern Germany, will also cause changeable April weather in Austria on Sunday. The weather today: low-pressure influence will persist, and colder air of polar origin will gradually seep from the northeast. Thus, snow will again be a topic, especially on Monday nights in the Northern Alps. The new week will then bring undercooled but largely calm spring weather. It will…

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Planet Mercury is finally visible

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Venus makes a grand entrance in April. It shines so brightly that it can be mistaken for a spy balloon, for example. Stargazers have a rare chance with another planet: Mercury can be seen in the evening. And from the middle of the month, the meteors of the Lyrids appear. With the change of the clocks to daylight saving time, Venus is the first star to appear in the western sky in the last evening twilight. It can be seen in April, long before the other stars and planets become…

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Why does Christianity celebrate Palm Sunday?

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The annual Palm Sunday is seven days before Easter Sunday, April 2, 2023. So far, so well known. But why does Christianity celebrate it, and why are palm bunches, palm sticks, palm fronds, olive branches, palm catkins and the like blessed with holy water during the “Palm Consecration” in church? Palm Sunday in Christianity commemorates the entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem. During his entrance, the people are said to have cheered him as a sign of his kingship and to have scattered palm branches along the way. This was…

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Austria: Loans, cell phones, electricity rebates – what comes in April?

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Electricity and cell phones will become more expensive in many places, loans will become easier, and ÖBB will change its timetable. This and other things await you in the new month. In April, Austrians will face changes that will affect most cell phone contracts, electricity prices, loan granting, and the ÖBB timetable in Salzburg. But what are the details of the changes? From April 1, cell phone contracts will become more expensive. Partly it concerns price increases of over 8 percent. Affected are all cell phone contracts that contain value…

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The first mobile phone call turns 50 – it was rather dull

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Today, there are more cell phones on the planet than people. It all started half a century ago with the very first call. The phone call that would spark a revolution was, in itself, rather brusque. “Hi, Joel,” Motorola engineer Martin Cooper said to his colleague. “I’m calling you from a cell phone. But a real cell phone. A personal, portable cell phone,” Cooper recalled of the first call from a cellular device ever. Colleague Joel was so stunned, he says, that at first, there was silence on the other…

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“April Fool’s Day!”: Where does April Fool’s Day come from?

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“April Fool’s Day!”: Anyone who hears this on April 1 has likely fallen for an April Fool joke. But why do people make April Fools jokes? Even in 2023, April 1 is a day of celebration for all pranksters: today, they fool their fellow human beings with an April Fool joke. But where does the April Fool’s joke originate? The answer is short: we don’t know for sure. But there are four possible explanations – and we present them here. April 1: Why do people make April Fools jokes?One explanation…

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Corona forecast: this is what the experts expect after Easter

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The COVID forecasting consortium expects a continued decline in Corona numbers after the Easter vacations. “Data from both effluent monitoring and EMS consistently indicate a downward trend in infection incidence,” the COVID Forecast Consortium notes in its latest preview. With 2,595 new Corona infections reported, the number had almost halved compared to the previous week, when 4,035 new Corona cases were reported. It’s a trend that experts expect to continue until after the Easter holiday. Using its model calculations, the consortium also predicts that the steady decline in COVID incidence…

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New iPhone to come without physical SIM slot

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Apple started installing embedded SIMs (eSIMs) in its iPhones years ago. The eSIM is a virtual SIM card and an integral chip part. It is expected to replace physical SIM cards altogether sooner or later. In the U.S., the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro are two models that rely exclusively on eSIMs. The upcoming iPhone 15 models will also be delivered in the USA entirely without a physical SIM card slot. Apple wants to go for eSIMS only in France.It has been revealed that there are plans for Europe…

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